National Association of Evangelicals
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The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is an agency dedicated to coordinating cooperative ministry for evangelical denominations of Christians in the United States.
The National Association of Evangelicals was formed by a group of 147 people who met in St. Louis, Missouri on April 7-9, 1942. The fundamentalist/modernist controversy, and the related isolation of various fundamentalist and evangelical denominations and leaders, provided the impetus for developing such an organization. Early leaders in the movement were Ralph T. Davis, Will Houghton, Harold John Ockenga, and J. Elwin Wright. Houghton called for a meeting in Chicago, Illinois in 1941. A committee was formed with Wright as chairman, and a national conference for United Action Among Evangelicals was called to meet in April 1942.
Carl McIntire and Harvey Springer led in organizing the American Council of Christian Churches (now with 7 member bodies) in September 1941. It was a more militant and fundamentalist organization set up in opposition to the Federal Council of Churches (now National Council of Churches with 36 member bodies). McIntire invited the Evangelicals for United Action to join with them, but those who met in St. Louis declined the offer.
The tentative organization founded in 1942 was called the National Association of Evangelicals for United Action. In 1943 the proposed constitution and doctrinal statement were amended and adopted, and the name shortened to the National Association of Evangelicals. The National Religious Broadcasters was formed in 1944.
The National Association of Evangelicals currently has 52 member denominations and headquarters in Washington, D.C.. There are 27 regional affiliates of the NAE.
Mission Statement
"The mission of the National Association of Evangelicals is to extend the kingdom of God through a fellowship of member denominations, churches, organizations, and individuals, demonstrating the unity of the body of Christ by standing for biblical truth, speaking with a representative voice, and serving the evangelical community through united action, cooperative ministry, and strategic planning."
Members - January 2004
- Advent Christian General Conference (joined 1986)
- Assemblies of God (joined 1943)
- Baptist General Conference (joined 1966)
- The Brethren Church (joined 1968)
- Brethren in Christ Church (joined 1949)
- Christian Catholic Church (Evangelical Protestant) (joined 1975)
- The Christian and Missionary Alliance (joined 1966)
- Christian Church of North America (joined 1953)
- Christian Reformed Church in North America (joined 1943-51; 1988)
- Christian Union (joined 1954)
- Church of God (Cleveland) (joined 1944)
- Church of God Mountain Assembly, Inc. (joined 1981)
- Church of the Nazarene (joined 1984)
- Church of the United Brethren in Christ (joined 1953)
- Churches of Christ in Christian Union (joined 1945)
- Congregational Holiness Church (joined 1990-92; 1994)
- Conservative Baptist Association of America (joined 1990)
- Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (joined 1951)
- Conservative Lutheran Association (joined 1984)
- Elim Fellowship (joined 1947)
- Evangelical Church of North America (joined 1969)
- Evangelical Congregational Church (joined 1962)
- Evangelical Free Church of America (joined 1943)
- Evangelical Friends International of North America (joined 1971)
- Evangelical Mennonite Church (joined 1944)
- Evangelical Methodist Church (joined 1952)
- Evangelical Presbyterian Church (joined 1982)
- Evangelistic Missionary Fellowship (joined 1982)
- Fellowship of Evangelical Bible Churches (joined 1948)
- Fire Baptized Holiness Church of God of the Americas (joined 1978)
- Free Methodist Church of North America (joined 1944)
- General Association of General Baptists (joined 1988)
- International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (joined 1952)
- International Pentecostal Church of Christ (joined 1946)
- International Pentecostal Holiness Church (joined 1943)
- Mennonite Brethren Churches, USA (joined 1946)
- Midwest Congregational Christian Fellowship (joined 1964)
- Missionary Church, Inc. (joined 1944)
- Open Bible Standard Churches (joined 1943)
- Pentecostal Church of God (joined 1954)
- Pentecostal Free Will Baptist Church, Inc. (joined 1988)
- Presbyterian Church in America (joined 1986)
- Primitive Methodist Church USA (joined 1946)
- Reformed Episcopal Church (joined 1990)
- Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (joined 1946)
- Regional Synod of Mid-America (Reformed Church in America) (joined 1989)
- The Salvation Army, National Headquarters (joined 1990)
- The Wesleyan Church (joined 1948)
- Worldwide Church of God (joined 1997)
External link
- Official Web Site (http://www.nae.net/)